The country's onward march of low carbon energy shows no signs of stopping.

Stanford scientists figure out a way to get hydrogen out of seawater. Does this matter?

After all, who wouldn't want a glass of "pure glacial water filtered through lava"?

Can we hear them saying, "I told you so!" to the rest of the outdoor gear industry?

Frugality blogger Elizabeth Willard Thames has outfitted her house and family with thrifted finds. This is her advice.

In anticipation of a new retrospective at the Whitney, "Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe, " Elizabeth Kolbert writes in the New Yorker, quoting Fuller about the need for innovation:

It can; but until Americans are willing to trade quantity for quality, nobody will bother doing it.

Tomorrow, real men eat quiche (cheese pi).

Every company should have to do this– more useful information that consumers need.

Wannabe vegetarians can fulfill their cravings using scent, rather than the real thing.

A taste-test between the two kinds of fat had a surprising outcome.

The tech helps owners take care of their dogs the way the dogs take care of them.

It could also help us eradicate heritable diseases in dogs.

The rarely seen canids were found to be surprisingly widespread across the country.

A group of the drones were sent to fly around the massive mountain and take HD photos that were then made into a rich 3D model.

A satellite that ran out of fuel two years ago is now giving scientists a huge wealth of data.

Who needs GPS? Nothing beats a trusty paper map for navigating a foreign city.

80% of diseases in developing countries trace back to contaminated water. Could a simple ingredient from the kitchen shelf solve the problem?

Providing clean water in areas with minimal local resources may be as simple as implementing this ingenious DIY water treatment system.

A new cheap, lightweight sponge-like gel can quickly and efficiently disinfect drinking water for disaster victims.

One solution for purifying water in remote off-grid areas comes in the form of a wagon, complete with solar panel and water purification system.

The ÖKO Odyssey water bottle actually has six functions!

These water-packed foods can lend a helpful assist for meeting your daily hydration needs.

We are going backward, not forward.

Why are we wasting such a valuable resource? Where will it come from if we don't drill for natural gas?

Hear me out...

You might want to rethink that dream house by the ocean.

Lack of rain has reduced potato crop yields to a third of what they usually are.

This man wants to prove a point about rising global carbon dioxide levels by locking himself inside this DIY greenhouse for the next three days.

With a warming climate, the remains of unlucky mountaineers are beginning to rise from the ice.

Lack of diversity makes grapes vulnerable to climate change.

These 7 sea-loving grandmothers are helping research an elusive venomous snake population.

In which we tackle one of life's more pressing queries.

Ever wonder what it would look like to be in the maw of a snow leopard? Wonder no more.

Yet another example of the uncanny intelligence of our 8-armed overlords.

Consider these blushing beauties a love letter from Mother Nature.

New research calculates how individual CO2 emissions affect the Arctic's shrinking summer sea ice.

It's either billions of dollars in polar engineering, a rapid cut in emissions now, or an all-of-the-above strategy.

The largest greenhouse gas emitter wants wiggle room when it comes to cutting emissions.

Restaurants win; Great Lakes lose.

More than 90 percent of weather stations studied showed the climate was warming, a percentage too high to purely be from natural climate variability, say researchers

Humans have never lived with the high CO2 atmospheric conditions of the last 60 years, according to a new study.

By analyzing a 364-meter ice core, researchers have been able to go back in time and track the freezing and melting cycles of Antarctica's peninsula.

Scientists will be able to easier monitor the population of penguins, thanks to a high-tech solar-powered remote camera setup.

The robots have gathered new information that will help scientists determine how fast the ice is melting.

The 10,000 year-old ice shelf is half the size of Rhode Island; its collapse will add greatly to global sea level rise.

By 'fertilizing the oceans,' icebergs are actually helping to sequester more carbon. But that doesn't mean we should keep on polluting.

... the Emperor Penguin! It vows to call for marine reserves in Antarctica to protect its imperilled species.

Along with her large-scale drawings, artist Zaria Forman has recorded the eerie song of a warming planet.

Australian Antarctic Division captures a vision of curious penguins ready for their close-up.